Enemy was carefully preparing to blow up Kakhovka HPP, - Maliar
The occupiers carefully, in several stages, prepared to blow up the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant.
This was stated by Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar on the air of the telethon, Censor.NET reports with reference to Fakty.
"It is still too early to make this information public because it is still being sorted out. But we can say that these actions were taken at more than one stage. They were preparing," said Maliar.
She added that this is both an environmental and a humanitarian disaster and that its consequences will affect everyone.
"And there is another problem that there are flooded areas of military units, military units of the Russian Federation. And there may be mined territories, fields. There may be uncontrolled explosions. Now there are already reports that they are there. Will this interfere with the de-occupation or the movement of the Armed Forces forces of Ukraine? As our Armed Forces say, this situation will not prevent them from implementing the plans facing the Armed Forces," she stressed.
As Censor.NET reported, on the morning of 6 June, it became known that the Russian occupiers had blown up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. According to the Kherson Regional State Administration, the water will reach a critical level in 5 hours after the explosion. Evacuations have begun in the region. Nova Kakhovka is already being flooded. The Korabel district of Kherson is without power, and the gas supply will be cut off in a few hours. National Police and SES units have been put on alert in the Kherson region.
President Volodymyr Zelensky initiated an emergency meeting of the National Security and Defence Council due to the bombing.
According to Energoatom, the racist bombing of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station could have negative consequences for ZNPP, but the situation is under control.
According to Ukrhydroenergo, Kakhovka HPP was completely destroyed as a result of an explosion in the engine room from the inside. The plant is beyond repair. The Prosecutor General's Office opened a criminal investigation into the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP under the article on ecocide.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has already held an urgent meeting of the National Security and Defence Council in connection with the occupiers' explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station.
